Writing / Reviewing / Commentary

Karen’s bylined articles and essays have appeared in variety of news, trade, and regional publications, including Wearable World News and Seattle Magazine. She writes a humor column for the Home Owners Club in Seattle. Early in her career, she was a staff writer for The Hartford Courant, the New Haven Register, and the Meriden Record-Journal and did commentary for KUOW-FM, Seattle’s NPR radio station.

“I live in a city whose name is synonymous with ‘coffee.’ What’s a poor tea drinker to do?” — from Karen’s radio commentary on KUOW-FM.

“Fuzzy. Persistent. Persnickety. Annoying. Allergy-inducing. I’m referring here not to felines, but to the literary subgenre of cat mysteries…” — from Karen’s review of cat mysteries at January Magazine.

“For women in their early 50s, a no-sweat 20-minute workout is about as useful for fending off fat and unfitness as sprinkling salt substitute on your large order of greasy french fries.” — from Karen’s essay on fitness in In Our Prime: Empowering Essays by Women(2010).